Millions of amateur investors like you , have to rely on a dizzying array of financial newspapers , magazines and commentators to get investment information .   Yes.It ' s sometimes scary if you think of the tremendous amount of media we face every day .   It's like information overload , not to mention the reliability of these papers and magazines .   Which financial magazines and newspapers do you think do the best job of checking facts ?   Well , for example , The Wall Street Journal is very , very good . Even though it's used on occasion ( as all news organizations are ) by Ces or bankers who leak their mergers in advance in order to get a positive spin .   I like to read Fortune .   Good . Fortune is usually ahead of the curve.And Business Week is very solid , too .   Where does a broadcast company get most of their information ? I hope it's not just from press releases .   A good broadcast company usually does far more than press releases.Their people go out and do real reporting , talking to people at the stock exchange , fund managers , analysts , etc .   But sometimes when a flimsy report , or even a rumor gets on television , there's going to be a terrible ' echo chamber ' effect .   You are right about that . 